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Herbert L. Strock

Born January 13, 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts, USADied November 30, 200513 films

Herbert L. Strock (January 13, 1918 - November 30, 2005) was an American television producer and director, and a B-movie director of titles such as I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), How to Make a Monster (1958) and The Crawling Hand (1963).

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Strock was born in Boston, and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was 13. By 17, while a student at Beverly Hills High School, Strock was director of gossip columnist Jimmy Fidler's Hollywood segments for Fox Movietone News. Strock graduated in 1941 from USC, where he studied journalism and film. During World War II, he served in the Army's Ordnance Motion Picture Division. He was assistant editor on the 1944 film Gaslight for MGM.

In a "pioneering" television career that began in the 1940s, Strock was involved with many television series including Highway Patrol, Sky King, Sea Hunt and Maverick.

Other directorial efforts included Blood of Dracula (a 1957 film in which a disturbed teenage girl at a boarding school becomes a vampire through hypnosis) and Ivan Tors' "Office of Scientific Investigation" trilogy, which included The Magnetic Monster, Riders to the Stars and Gog, shot in 3-D.

In 2000, Strock published a memoir, Picture Perfect.

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Filmography

13 films as director
  1. 1991The Crawling HandDirector
  2. 1980Witches' BrewDirector
  3. 1973Brother on the RunDirector
  4. 1963The Crawling HandDirector
  5. 1962The Devil's MessengerDirector
  6. 1962Rider on a Dead HorseDirector
  7. 1958How to Make a MonsterDirector
  8. 1958Destination NightmareDirector
  9. 1957I Was a Teenage FrankensteinDirector
  10. 1957Blood of DraculaDirector
  11. 1955Battle TaxiDirector
  12. 1954GogDirector
  13. 1954Riders to the StarsDirector